Constituency: Ambala

Party: Bharatiya Janata Party

Father's Name: Shri Jyoti Ram Kataria

Mother's Name: Smt. Pariwari Devi

Birth Place: Vill. Sandhali, Distt. Yamunanagar, Haryana

Spouse Name: Smt. Banto Kataria

SONS: 1

DAUGHTERS:

State Name: Haryana

Permanent Address: 352, Kataria Kunj, MDC-4, Panchkula, HaryanaTel : (01722) 555352, 09416499855 (M)

Present Address: Haryana Bhawan, Copernicus Marg, New Delhi - 110 001

Email Id: ratanlal[dot]kataria[at]sansad[dot]nic[dot]in

Education Qualifications: B.A. (Hons.), M.A. (Political Science), LL.B. Educated at Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra and S.D. College, Ambala Cantt. (Haryana)

Countries Visited: Australia, Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of the People`s Republic of China), Japan, Singapore, Thailand, U.A.E., U.K. and U.S.A.

Positions Held:

OTHER INFO: Chairman, (i) Harijan Kalyan Nigam, 1987-89, (ii) Warehousing Corporation, 1997-99; President, Guru Ravi Das Sabha; Media Incharge, B.J.P., Haryana Member (2000 - 2004), Hindi Salahkar Samiti; Agriculture Advisory Committee; Northern Railway Advisory Committee; Telecommunications Advisory Committee. Spokesperson, BJP, Haryana and Special Invitee Member, All India Scheduled Caste Front. Collected various items for Indian soldiers during Indo-China war 1962; Recipient of Award from first Prime Minister of India Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru at Teen Murti in 1963 as a Child Artist; Attended UN General Assembly at New York, USA as member of Indian Delegation (December, 2001); A committed worker of Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh for the last 37 years.